ydoethur said: "IIRC (and I don't have Nove to hand) War Communism caused an 87% contraction in the size of the Russian economy..." About right, according to Wikipedia: https://en.wiki… (View Post)

Pure speculation, but could the war in Ukraine be hurting Labour, with voters who remember Corbyn? (Opinion on the Ukraine war appears to hardening in the US, with majorities now ready to accept high… (View Post)

One common explanation in the Seattle area for Boeing's problems is that the merger with McDonnell Douglas brought in bad values. (I have no idea whether that theory has any truth to it, but it … (View Post)

In the 2016 US presidential election, the three candidates with the highest net negative approval ratings were, as I recall, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, and Ted Cruz. And, sadly, I fear that for t… (View Post)

My apologies for carrying this over from the previous thread, but I would like to make three predictions, and one observation: First, the result of this upcoming decision overturning Roe versus Wade … (View Post)